Bell & Ross Drops Black Ceramic BR 03-94 Patrouille de France Chronograph
Marking the brand’s status as official watchmaking partner of the French aerobatic team.
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Bell & Ross has dropped a black ceramic chronograph to mark its involvement with France’s national aerobatic display team.
The Franco-Swiss brand announced it had become the official watchmaking partner of the Patrouille de France earlier this year.
The new BR 03-94 PATROUILLE DE FRANCE uses a 42mm square, matte black ceramic case with bidirectional rotating bezel with engraved 60-minute scale housing a BR-CAL.301 automatic chronograph movement.
Bell & Ross have reflected the colors of the Tricolore using a blue dial (with recessed running second and 30-minute chronograph counter sub dials at the three and nine o’clock positions), white Super-LumiNova markings and red tipped chronograph hands while the Patrouille de France logo sits at the six o’clock position and is also engraved on the caseback.
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As well as the 500-piece mechanical edition, Bell & Ross will be producing a near identical 100-piece limited edition using a quartz movement, which the pilots of the patrouille de France will wear.
The new BR 03-94 PATROUILLE DE FRANCE is limited to 500 pieces and available now via Bell & Ross, priced $7,500 USD (£5,400 GBP).
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